Frenetic Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I haven't really been a fan of Bleek, and I still ain't. He doesn't strike me as the rapper to have fans. However, I've always listened to him cause of his good flow and really nice beats. So I just got my hands on 534 - his new album and is really impressed. I've always known he had real talent from his solo guest appearence on Jiggas album, but it was really nice hearing a solid album. This is a hiphopalbum. It got the dance songs, girl songs, hood songs and the serious songs. It's a album without a bad song, and without a really fantastic song, even though he hits it close with the last song - Straight Path. Straight Path is about turning your life around from being something bad to do something honorful, but your past will always hount you. It's about his friend, a former gangsta/thug who has turned his life around and is on his way to a 9-5 work as he gets shot in the brain and gets killed. chorus: "I said there's no such thing as a straight path my brother got hit the other day by a straight blast in the brain on the train on his way to work He gotta spend most his life doing dirt But as soon as he decides to get a 9to5 then why would God decide to take his life? There's no such thing as a straight path" outro: "I said there's no such thing as a straight path unless you come out the vomb on a straight path and if i live where i live how long will that last as we live everyday like it's our last" The album is as i said solid. a 3 outta five, 7 outta ten. Memph hasn't and will never be a huge rapper cause he hasn't any real attraction, he doesn't get to you. That doesn't really matter. Straight Path is one of the best songs i've heard this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Well, I'm not gonna lie. I've been into Bleek. Particularly when I 1st heard him wit Jay on "Coming of Age". Then to hear that Jay-Z wrote that for him, kinda had me doubt. He's just not a major rapper in anyway. If anything, getting personal on tracks is his only benefit. At least he doesn't lie, it is all about the money. So he's gettin' what he can get. People looked at him like the one to be after Jay-Z. I guess wit that, the standards were set to high and he wasn't his own. Some of his tracks r worth blazin tho, but whole albums- nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I think Memphis Bleek is an average mc most of the time, he hasn't really done anything to stand out but he doesn't sound horrible, he's the borderline between great mcs and wack mcs, Jay-Z needs to sign better mcs though if he wants to keep his label flowing well if he doesn't put out anymore albums, it'll be interesting to see what Foxy Brown does on her album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcpbball30 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 That's interesting, because the single I thought, Like That, produced by Swizz Beats, was horrible. The beat was hot, but the lyrics were wack. I don't know, maybe he is a decent mc after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 He's average, at best from what i've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I haven't heard anything from him in years...and what i did hear, i remember not liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I mean, it's sad when most people say the hottest song on your album...has ZERO Vocals from you at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenetic Posted July 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I really don't thin dear summer is the best song. It mostly the haters that said that.. but then you can flip it around.. Memph solo song on jiggas albums was one of the best on that too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 He has talent.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcpbball30 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Yeah, he has talent, but he never really has done anything with it, unfortunately for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 He doesn't have any wordplay or lyrics that stick out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 But i think Jay Z Said it Best.... "Bleek could be one hit away his whole career as long as i'm alive, he's a millionaire" well...it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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